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Randfontein boasts fastest broadband in South Africa
by Agency Staff, March 11 2013, 12:07
http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/te...tein-boasts-fastest-broadband-in-south-africa
RANDFONTEIN is the fastest area in South Africa as far as broadband is concerned, according to Ookla’s Net Index.
With a download speed of 11.3 megabits per second (Mbps), Randfontein is one of only nine areas in South Africa that have an internet speed faster than the national broadband average of 3.82Mbps, followed by Bryanston, Midrand and Randburg.
The results, reported in Beeld newspaper, were determined with the help of local internet users, who used Ookla’s website and an application to test their broadband speed.
Ookla tested 1.7-million broadband users’ speed 5.05-million times between February 6 and last Thursday, using 451,472 of the tests to compile their index.
Only two of the country’s fastest broadband areas fall outside Gauteng — Secunda, in Mpumalanga (5.72Mbps) and Worcester, in the Western Cape (3.84Mbps).
Although broadband speed in Randfontein is faster than the national average, the broadband speed of 115 countries is faster than South Africa’s.
Vilnius in Lithuania has a broadband speed of 49Mbps, and HongKong a speed of 45.43 Mbps.
South Africa’s broadband plans
In its 2013-14 budget review, the Treasury said funding to improve broadband connectivity in South Africa will be allocated once a policy framework has been agreed.
Public-sector investments by Broadband Infraco and national signal distributor Sentech were focused on service provision in rural areas and institutions such as schools, libraries and clinics, the budget review stated.
Cape Town, eThekwini and Johannesburg have also been investing in their own urban networks.
The budget review said the private sector had made substantial investments in broadband connectivity, concentrated in mobile networks and in overland and undersea fibre-optic cable infrastructure.
"The increase in broadband capacity means that user charges have fallen somewhat, but remain high by global standards," the budget review said.
Internet access
The 2011 Census results showed that 64.8% of households did not have access to the internet, and that most of those with access relied on cellphone connections.
"Access to the internet is still hampered by relatively high costs and undersupply of broadband infrastructure across the country," the review said.
The Treasury said that an improved regulatory environment would help expand access and reduce costs across the sector.
by Agency Staff, March 11 2013, 12:07
http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/te...tein-boasts-fastest-broadband-in-south-africa
RANDFONTEIN is the fastest area in South Africa as far as broadband is concerned, according to Ookla’s Net Index.
With a download speed of 11.3 megabits per second (Mbps), Randfontein is one of only nine areas in South Africa that have an internet speed faster than the national broadband average of 3.82Mbps, followed by Bryanston, Midrand and Randburg.
The results, reported in Beeld newspaper, were determined with the help of local internet users, who used Ookla’s website and an application to test their broadband speed.
Ookla tested 1.7-million broadband users’ speed 5.05-million times between February 6 and last Thursday, using 451,472 of the tests to compile their index.
Only two of the country’s fastest broadband areas fall outside Gauteng — Secunda, in Mpumalanga (5.72Mbps) and Worcester, in the Western Cape (3.84Mbps).
Although broadband speed in Randfontein is faster than the national average, the broadband speed of 115 countries is faster than South Africa’s.
Vilnius in Lithuania has a broadband speed of 49Mbps, and HongKong a speed of 45.43 Mbps.
South Africa’s broadband plans
In its 2013-14 budget review, the Treasury said funding to improve broadband connectivity in South Africa will be allocated once a policy framework has been agreed.
Public-sector investments by Broadband Infraco and national signal distributor Sentech were focused on service provision in rural areas and institutions such as schools, libraries and clinics, the budget review stated.
Cape Town, eThekwini and Johannesburg have also been investing in their own urban networks.
The budget review said the private sector had made substantial investments in broadband connectivity, concentrated in mobile networks and in overland and undersea fibre-optic cable infrastructure.
"The increase in broadband capacity means that user charges have fallen somewhat, but remain high by global standards," the budget review said.
Internet access
The 2011 Census results showed that 64.8% of households did not have access to the internet, and that most of those with access relied on cellphone connections.
"Access to the internet is still hampered by relatively high costs and undersupply of broadband infrastructure across the country," the review said.
The Treasury said that an improved regulatory environment would help expand access and reduce costs across the sector.
